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Chinese Agricultural Science Bulletin ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (32): 148-154.doi: 10.11924/j.issn.1000-6850.casb2021-1162

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Phyllanthus emblica L. Industry in China: Current Situation and Development Suggestions

GAN Yangying1(), XIAO Guangjiang1, CAI Shike2(), LAI Duo3, LIU Weina4   

  1. 1Institute of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Urban Agriculture in South China, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Guangzhou 510640
    2Institute of Crops Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Guangzhou 510640
    3Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of South Subtropical Fruit Biology and Genetic Resource Utilization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Fruit Tree Research, Guangzhou 510640
    4Shanwei Shangbo Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., Shanwei, Guangdong 516699
  • Received:2021-12-03 Revised:2022-02-05 Online:2022-11-15 Published:2022-11-09
  • Contact: CAI Shike E-mail:sharelot@163.com;188347362@qq.com

Abstract:

Phyllanthus emblica L. is a characteristic economic tree species in southern China. Up to now, there is still no systematic statistics and research report on the overall picture of Phyllanthus emblica L. industry in China, and the development of the industrial chain is not yet clear. In this study, the information on the cultivation, processing and industrial development of Phyllanthus emblica L. were collected through field investigation, telephone interview, literature analysis and data statistics. Our results show that the total cultivation area of Phyllanthus emblica L. in China is nearly 38,000 hm2 and the main production areas include Yunnan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi. The main cultivars include ‘Gaoligongnuo’, ‘Yingyu’, ‘Sweet’, ‘Pink’, ‘Lanfeng’, ‘Glass-sweet’, ‘Dayu’, etc. There are more than one hundred processing enterprises of Phyllanthus emblica L. in China’s southern provinces, with products of dry fruit, preserved fruit, fruit juice, fruit tea, fruit powder, throat lozenge, etc. Generally, there are still some problems in China’s Phyllanthus emblica L. industry, such as insufficient resource conservation and utilization, imperfect standardization system, shortage of deep processing, and weak scientific technological support. It is suggested that the local governments should increase the policy and capital support to Phyllanthus emblica L. industry, highlight the conservation and utilization of germplasm resources, strengthen the exchange and cooperation among the enterprises of Phyllanthus emblica L. industry, and extend the industrial chain to the downstream.

Key words: Phyllanthus emblica L., massive health industry, rural revitalization

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